Four people were arrested in connection to three incidents of human remains being found on Long Island, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
Police made the arrests after performing a search warrant on an apartment in Amityville shared by three of the suspects, 40-year-old Amanda Wallace, 44-year-old Steven Brown, and 38-year-old Jeffrey Mackey. Investigators said they found human remains and cutting tools, including a meat cleaver. A fourth suspect was identified as 33-year-old Alexis Nieves, a homeless woman.
The body parts belonged to an unidentified 59-year-old woman and 53-year-old man, according to police. The names of the victims have not yet been released.
All four were charged on Wednesday with first-degree hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and concealment of a human corpse. They all pleaded not guilty.
The four were given supervised release and ordered not to leave Suffolk county. They were given monitoring bracelets, and their passports were confiscated.
They have not yet been charged with the killing of the two victims, but the investigation is pending and more charges could be forthcoming.
The first body part found was a severed left arm discovered at Southards Pond Park on Thursday. A leg and another arm were later recovered by a cadaver dog, and then a head, parts of a leg, and a third arm were found.
Sources said that police were looking into whether a love triangle was the motivation for the deaths. It’s possible that someone killed the woman and man over infidelity.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney blamed bail reform for the release of the four suspects in a heinous crime.
“Unfortunately, due to ‘Bail Reform’ passed by the New York State Legislature in 2019, charges relating to the mutilation and disposal of murdered corpses are no longer bail-eligible, meaning my prosecutors cannot ask for bail,” said Tierney.
“This is yet another absurd result thanks to ‘Bail Reform’ and a system where the Legislature in Albany substitutes their judgment for the judgment of our judges and the litigants in court,” he added.
Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine demanded that the legislature change the laws related to bail reform.
“The failure of Albany’s Bail Laws has resulted in those charged with dismembering and placing body parts in our communities to walk free without posting any bail,” Romaine said. “This is outrageous, and completely unacceptable in a civilized society, when our prosecutors are handcuffed and those charged with this heinous crime are mandated by the state to go free.”
The two victims were said to be from Yonkers.
Here’s a local news report the arrests:
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